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The latest Twilight Concert had the Etobicoke Community Concert Band join the Scarborough Pipe Band for a spectacle of colour and sounds on the grounds of historic Applewood Homestead July 30.
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A cyclist enjoys the Civic Holiday weekend sunshine along the lily-lined bicycle path at Humber Bay Park.
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Toronto Police officers involved in the GTA-wide drug raids July 31 unpack some of the seized cocaine at a news briefing at 23 Division.
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An Ottawa Gaelic football player carries the ball as his St. Pats counterpart tries to put a stop to his run during the Toronto Gaelic Athletic Assoc. mens junior final at Centennial Park July 27.
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Actor Adriano Sobretodo Jr. who plays Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night peers out at the stage during a twilight performance at Montgomery's Inn, celebrating the 35th anniversary of Arts Etobicoke.
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A couple walk along the newly-created boardwalk at the $10.6 million Mimico Waterfront Park, that opened July 28.
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For over two months, Ashley Borlase has been helping to restore the habitat around the Richview Pumping Station by planting new trees.
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These heavy black rain storm clouds hang over a lone sailboat out on Lake Ontario July 21.
BRIEFS
ALL CAPS event runs Saturday
Dufferin Grove Park, Wavelength and the Ontario Arts Council present the third annual ALL CAPS! Outdoor Show, Saturday, Aug. 9.The free show in Dufferin Grove Park will feature eight local bands: Hooded Fang, Colours...Brothers, Wordburglar, Feuermusik, The Youngest, Huckleberry Friends, LAL, and the Miles. Bring your cash for hot dogs and CDs. All ages welcome.
Singing group looking to harmonize with new members
The Harmony Singers, a friendly, close-knit group who loves to sing and perform a variety of music, are welcoming women who are willing to make a firm commitment to joining in the fun.The group performs a Holiday Concert in early December, a two-evening Spring Extravaganza, and several other performances at many community venues throughout the year. The Harmony Singers also support the Etobicoke School of the Arts by sponsoring a yearly scholarship to a deserving student who performs as a guest soloist at the group's concerts.
While sight reading and previous choral experience are definite assets, they are not a necessity. Interested women are asked to contact choir director Havey Patterson at 416-239-5821 for more information.
Salvation Army needs donations of men's clothing
It's time for men to rummage back through time, and their closets, in hopes of helping others.The Salvation Army Thrift Stores is in desperate need of men's clothing and are appealing to the public for help.
The organization, the largest non-governmental direct provider of social services, says this is the lowest donation of men's clothing they've seen in a very long time.
"I cannot remember a time in well over a decade where we have ever seen such a dramatic reduction of donations of men's clothing," Arlene Boden, executive director for Central and Southwestern Ontario recycling operations, said in a press release.
To drop off donations, visit www.tstores.ca to find the closest store near you.
Bruce McDonald's latest to premiere at TIFF
Famed Canadian cult film director Bruce McDonald's latest film will debut at the Toronto International Film Festival and its premiere will mark a big step for the film industry.McDonald, an Annex resident, is perhaps best known for his features Highway 61 and Hard Core Logo. Pontypool marks a return of sorts to the big screen for McDonald; more recently, he has directed episodes of acclaimed television series such as Degrassi: the Next Generation, Queer as Folk and This is Wonderland.
McDonald's last feature, the Tracey Fragments, earned the director accolades at the Berlin Film Festival, received six Genie Award nominations and was recognized as one of Canada's Top 10 Films by TIFF.
The director's latest film, Pontypool, is the first Canadian feature film shot entirely on a Red One Camera, a piece of digital equipment touted by some as the natural successor to conventional 35-millimetre film.
Pontypool is a taut psychological thriller starring renowned character actor Stephen McHattie (300, Seinfeld). Set in a radio station in Pontypool, the film begins with news of a series of violent incidents caused by a virus within the English language.
Visit www.insidetoronto.com/News/Etobicoke/article/48843 for an article on the Pontypool shoot.
Public can choose their favourite
Neilson Park Creative Centre Galleries is hosting the 16th annual Juried Art Exhibition, "Impact 2008" until Aug. 10. The show is hung and the best works have been chosen and are ready for viewing.More than 90 submissions were chosen by jurors Barbara Fostka and Kathleen Hatcher, both well-known artists from the community. The eight winners honoured at the ceremony were Eileen Menzel, for her mixed media painting, "Rural Wall", Celeste Keller for her oil painting, "Disappearing Self", Janice Ykeme for her work, "King of the Castle", Paul McCusker for his acrylic painting "Andrew", Marilena Isacescu Carlea for her watercolour, "Quebec City Number 2 (Medieval City), Veronika Benjamin for her oil painting, "Alfred". Carol Zachar for her collage, "Anticipation", and Camille Muller for her collage, "Deserted Pueblo".
The public has a chance to pick their favourite piece until Aug. 10.
The gallery is open Monday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., re-opens Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. Admission and parking are free and the centre is wheelchair accessible.
For more information call 416-622-5294.
